Jessica Beshir

Jessica Beshir

Jessica Beshir is a Mexican-Ethiopian documentary filmmaker, producer and cinematographer based in Brooklyn. She graduated in Film Studies and Literature at UCLA, after which she made several internationally acclaimed short films. The short documentary He Who Dances on Wood (2016) was selected for Hot Docs and won Best International Documentary Short at Edmonton Film Festival and the Jury Award at Anchorage International Film Festival. Hairat (2017) premiered at Sundance, was screened at IFFR and IDFA and won several awards at various other festivals. Beshir is a recipient of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Jerome Foundation and NYFA Fellowships. Faya Dayi (2021) is her feature debut.

  • Title: Jessica Beshir
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  • Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
  • Homepage: https://jessica-beshir-78n5.squarespace.com/
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Jessica Beshir Movies

  • 2004
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    Until the Night
    Until the Night

    5.3 2004 HD

    Robert is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance...

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  • 2004
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    Journey to Lasta
    Journey to Lasta

    1 2004 HD

    A hip urban reggae film about music, passion, love and devotion! Tsegaye is a driven mucician who leaves his wife and children in California, to...

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  • 2006
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    Distortion
    Distortion

    1 2006 HD

    When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too...

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  • 2015
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    Memory of a Time Twice Lived
    Memory of a Time Twice Lived

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1999
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    Man Woman Film
    Man Woman Film

    1 1999 HD

    Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses mind.

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  • 2004
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    107 Street
    107 Street

    1 2004 HD

    Three vignettes, "The Domino Players", "The Secret Miracle" and "point of View," are linked by telephone conversations being surreptitiously listened...

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  • 2003
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    200 American
    200 American

    4.8 2003 HD

    Conrad is a gay man living in NYC. He's also CEO of an ad agency and by nature a control freak. Although Conrad is still in love with Martin (his...

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  • 2016
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    He Who Dances on Wood
    He Who Dances on Wood

    6.3 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    He Who Dances on Wood
    He Who Dances on Wood

    6.3 2016 HD

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  • 2023
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    Ladan
    Ladan

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2017
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    Heroin
    Heroin

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Heroin
    Heroin

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2018
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    Kings
    Kings

    6 2018 HD

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  • 2017
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    Hairat
    Hairat

    7 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Heroin
    Heroin

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2016
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    He Who Dances on Wood
    He Who Dances on Wood

    6.3 2016 HD

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  • 2017
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    Hairat
    Hairat

    7 2017 HD

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  • 2021
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    Faya Dayi
    Faya Dayi

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    Faya Dayi
    Faya Dayi

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2017
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    Hairat
    Hairat

    7 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Heroin
    Heroin

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2014
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    Zemene
    Zemene

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2021
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    Faya Dayi
    Faya Dayi

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    Faya Dayi
    Faya Dayi

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
    IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
    IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2017
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    Hairat
    Hairat

    7 2017 HD

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  • 2021
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    Faya Dayi
    Faya Dayi

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    Faya Dayi
    Faya Dayi

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2007
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    The DL Chronicles
    The DL Chronicles

    6.4 2007 HD

    The DL Chronicles is a series of short stories about men of color who lead double sex lives. Episode; Wes introduces us to Wes Thomas, an upwardly...

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  • 1970
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    The DL Chronicles
    The DL Chronicles

    1 1970 HD

    The gifts of three female artists-an opera singer, a style icon and a painter-are the Cast of this three-part series.

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  • 1970
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    The DL Chronicles
    The DL Chronicles

    1 1970 HD

    The gifts of three female artists-an opera singer, a style icon and a painter-are the Cast of this three-part series.

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